Star Wreck – In the Pirkinning
The cable guy actually did turn up last week, so we still have cable TV. In the meantime, there are many interesting, non-mass-media video projects online.
A few days ago I got around to fixing Azureus on the house server so I could download Star Wreck – In the Pirkinning using BitTorrent. This is a Finnish-made take-off on Star Trek and Babylon 5, created by a group of motivated fans over a period of seven(!) years. (Wikipedia entry)
Digital video tools became drastically cheaper and better during the project, and the quality of the composited sets and special effects is impressive.
The movie is available (with English subtitles, too) free, under a Creative Common license.
See also: Rocketboom
